Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-24
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C~Ieveland Neither Wishes Nor Will
He Accept n denomination.

Washington to the st. Louis Republican
gives the following rather startling in.
formation:
President Cleveland neither wishes
nor will he accept a denomination. This
will be startling information to the coun-
try. The setting aside the important
question Of q second term is now a SUBJ
ject of interesting consideration in po.
litical circles everywhere. The CORE.
spondent of the Republican has the
highest possible authority for the state.
ment, however, and it can be depended
upon as strictly and entirely true. 1t
comes from the President himself, who
made a declaration to this effect on
Wednesday to q prominent Democratic
Senator from one Of the Western States,
who is on terms Of especial intimacy at
the White House. The President spoke
with so much deliberate earnestness, and
with studied emphasis, that the Senator
with whom he was talking is certain
there is no reason to question his perfect
and entire sincerity. His manner, no
less than his words, indicated that the
declaration was simply a decision of a
firm resolution, which had resulted from
q careful consideration of all the phases
of the matter. The President said he
had not given any intimation OF his feel.
ings to the representatives of the press,
for the simple reason that he felt that
anything he might say about not wish
ing, or being willing to take q second
term would be believed. 81 hardly ex.
pect anybody to believe it," he said,
Except my wife, but it is so. none the
less" Continuing, he added: EVERY.
thing I do, every appointment l make,
they think it is to insure reelection.
On the contrary, / am counting the days
that remain until my release from Office,
just as il / were a prisoner in c~onfine-
ment."
Apparently, to make it plain that he
had taken no alf.hearted resolutions,
the President proceeded to speak of the
exacting and laborious duties which fell
to the incumbent Of a Presidential Office,
when the functions of the Presidency are
administered with scrupulous and mi
mute faithfulness he has brought to the
position, no man, he said, could endure
the strain of such labor, physical and men,
tai, for a longer period than four years,
without the risk of permanent injury
to his health, and for these reasons he
could not think of a continuance Of his
term beyond the four years he has now
half completed. Nothing, he said, to his
Senatorial visitor, would persuade him
to alter this resolution, which he had
deliberately formed. He did not want a
second term, and he did not believe there
were any obligations of public duty
which could require him to forego his
personal wishes. The Senator, who has
repeated this significant conversation to
his friends, says that while the Presi.
dent was not talking for the purpose of
of getting his views about a reelection
before the public, there was no intima.
tion that he desired his words to be re-
garded as confidential. The Senator has
spoken freely of the interview to his
personal friends, without any injunction
of secrecy, and it is not unlikely this
private discussion of the matter will
eventually provoke some formal and pub.
lie utterance by the President. The
Senator is quite sure there was none Of
the coy strategy Of an artful politician.
who thinks by this device to appear as
being sought by, rather than seeking of.
fee. In this disavowal of a second term
ambition by President Cleveland, he is
convinced that every word is meant for
just what it implies, and that it will be
wholly useless to plan the next campaign
on a basis of the denomination of Cleve-
land. The President was specific and
decided in saying that he could not be
induced by any possible considerations
to change his mind; that there was moth
ing in the way of argument which could
be brought to bear to alter his resolu-
tion. determined alike by every consider
alton of personal comfort and happiness,
and by the most conscientious regard for
what could be fairly asked Of him as .
patriotic servant of the people.
WHAT COLONEL LAMONT SAYS.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-The Presi.
dent was engaged this morning and
could not be seen with reference to the
statement telegraphed from st. Louis at
q late hour last night. to the effect that
in q conversation with = prominent Sem
ator he had expressed an unalterable de.
termination not to accept a renomina.
ton. Colonel Lamont, however, upon